All posts by Doug Rule
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The Best Music of 2011
Lady Gaga and Beyoncé both released new albums in 2011. But aside from some great tracks (most notably ''Americano'' and Sheibe'' from Gaga, ''Run...
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Bon Voyage
The revival of Anything Goes is -- pure and simple -- old-fashioned. And how could it not be? Dating from 1934, the Cole Porter escapist...
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Modern Classic
If Glee were to become a Broadway musical, the result would be something similar to Lysistrata Jones. Oh sure, Douglas Carter Beane's hip new musical,...
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Sapphic Glances
''The two women were very public as a same-sex couple,'' says art historian Wanda M. Corn of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. '' they...
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2011 Coverboy of the Year: Tyler Coffey
So maybe he overshared a bit. In his Coverboy profile last May, Tyler Coffey revealed the most unusual place he's had sex. ''A lifeguard station...
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Gay Wonderland
''The name just kind of rolls off your tongue,'' says Joey-O with a laugh. ''It almost sounds like a cheerleader -- 'Go gay go!''' Instead...
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A Diva DVD Christmas
Who's your favorite pop diva? Well, as long as it's not Madonna or Robyn or Rihanna -- or, God help you, Ke$ha -- chances are,...
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Ever Greene
Stage and screen actress Ellen Greene has long lived with a secret. She's even written a poem about it. ''They said don't let anyone know;...
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Holiday Hilarity
''Right out of high school, I wore a lot of orange spandex and spangles,'' says Michael Stebbins, laughing at the memory. The actor, who grew...
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Law and Stagecraft
Ken Ludwig considers practicing law the equivalent of waiting tables. ''Most actors,'' he says, ''would not want to be identified as, 'Oh, wait a second,...
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Concert Review: Tori Amos
Tori Amos's left hand had to know exactly what her right hand was doing at her concert at DAR Constitution Hall on Monday, Dec. 5....
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Balladeers
The In Series targets one performance of every production to the LGBT community, labeling it ''OUT at the In Series.'' But honestly, any performance of...
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Heating Up the Holidays
Years ago, in its advertising for a December party, Blowoff featured a muscle-bound, cartoon Santa. This year Blowoff's Rich Morel will do the ho-ho-ho-ing himself,...
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Fiddling with History
What would Julie do? Danny Scheie asks himself that periodically, referring to Julie Andrews. ''She's a good barometer. She always behaves really, really well.'' So...
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A Carol Christmas
''There are more choirs here per capita than any other city,'' says Amy Stahmer, executive director of the City Choir of Washington (301-572-6865, thecitychoirofwashington.org). In...
